Seattle/Tech/Evangelist

A night at #StartupGrind with John Cook (Co-Founder of Geekwire)

Last Wednesday I had the chance to participate in #StartupGrind Seattle. We had the pleasure to have John Cook that night, for those who know, John is the Co-Founder of GeekWire the very famous Seattle tech news hub.

I gotta say John was very funny and insightful. Some items stuck with me like these:

Always be open to personal feedback. Especially the hard ones.

“If you are not having fun, you are doing something wrong” – self -explanatory no?

Don’t surprise people – when breaking big news or internal company conflicts, always give the chance to talk or give a heads up to whoever will get impacted.

As with life (e.g. marriage), find partners/founders that complement you; ones with skills you don’t possess.

Learn how to fight (again, just like in marriage). Understand that even when things blow up, you will have to come down and do it quickly.

Collect a good set of mentors, including parents and colleagues in different industries.